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cmd/bat to uninstall IE ?

vinifera

Posted 22 November 2012 - 12:38 PM

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hello
don't know if its too much to ask
but does anyone know to make .bat/.cmd script that would work under both xp and win7
that would silently uninstall IE (just like user can from control panel remove it) ?

cluberti

Posted 02 December 2012 - 02:11 PM

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If you want to remove inbox components (like IE6 on XP), you have to use tools like nLite. IE is, in and of itself, not an uninstallable component. You can upgrade it (for example, IE8 on XP from IE6), and you can remove said upgrades, but removing the browser is not natively possible. There are tools (like nLite) available to remove components, but those carry with them the risks of potentially breaking your installation if you go too far, of course.

jaclaz

Posted 03 December 2012 - 06:02 AM

That can be done on Windows Vista/Server 2008, Windows 7/Server 2008R2, or Windows 8/Server 2012, but not on XP. To do this on XP or 2003, you need nLite.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700

Well, not really.nlite does remove things at installation, not after it.And then if you want a true IE-less XP you could use FdV's (Fred De Vorck) approach/inf's, etc.To clarify, these methods "prevent install", do not "uninstall".

bphlpt

Posted 30 December 2012 - 02:46 PM

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You're probably better off either using FDV's files or just removing all shortcuts to ie.exe. Regardless of MS's assurances to the contrary, I believe that IE ended up so deeply embedded in the OS, and then being depended on by other third-party apps, that trying to just hack it out could end up causing you problems down the road depending on what other software you end up running in the future. Just a thought.

Posted 30 December 2012 - 03:00 PM

hellodon't know if its too much to askbut does anyone know to make .bat/.cmd script that would work under both xp and win7that would silently uninstall IE (just like user can from control panel remove it) ?

When you uninstall from Control Panel, you are actually doing exactly that, removing 'shortcuts'.

vinifera

Posted 30 December 2012 - 03:37 PM

well in my defense I use win7, and win7 removes the .exe when removing it via cpanelthought that XP did same before good people here told it does not

Regardless of MS's assurances to the contrary, I believe that IE ended up so deeply embedded in the OS, and then being depended on by other third-party apps, that trying to just hack it out could end up causing you problems down the road depending on what other software you end up running in the future.

Outbreaker

Posted 30 December 2012 - 08:18 PM

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Okay then the IE uninstaller on Win7 is little bit differently than on WinXP. But i wouldn't remove any IE files manually on WinXP i tried this and i got some problems with some third-party applications.